The Detroit blues scene in the 1940s and 1950s was centred on clubs and bars ... As this list reflects, Detroit musicians were major contributors to the Hard-bop
and ... Detroit itself) and went to the University of Michigan on a dance
scholarship.

Rodriguez earned a Bachelor of Philosophy from Wayne State University's ...
After this happened, Rodriguez discontinued his music career and stayed in Detroit. ... an Australian record label, Blue Goose Music, bought the Australian
rights to ...

The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. ... giving rise to a host
of regional variations, including Chicago and Detroit blues. ... William R. Ferris; -
Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues - The University of ...

The Chicago blues is a form of blues music indigenous to Chicago, Illinois. ...
Urban blues started in these cities as music created by part-time musicians
playing as street .... Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. pp. ... British blues ·
Canadian blues; Chicago blues; Detroit blues · East Coast blues · Gospel blues ·
Hokum ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... 1909 – August 24, 1991) was an
American Detroit blues musician, who specialised in playing the washboard. ... List of Detroit blues musicians ... Cambridge, England: Cambridge University
Press. p.

After years of hostility to secular music, as a preacher, and for a few years also ...
by Alan Lomax and John W. Work for Library of Congress and Fisk University. ....
Members of the Detroit Blues Society raised money through benefit concerts to ...

While some artists have household names, others struggle just to be heard. ... "
Fire Inside of Me," the raw, hard-edged song "Detroit Blues" incorporates the
city's ... the University of Michigan in 2011 after studying under his mentor Geri
Allen, ...

Bland's soul-blues material of the 19505 and 19605 helped usher in a new era
and cleared a path for modern blues ... A partial list of Detroit blues artists
includes Mud Puppy, Mystery Train, Thorneta Davis, The Alligators, Johnny
Bassett, The ...

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez the greatest `70s rock icon who never was. After being discovered in a Detroit bar Rodriguez's sound struck 2 renowned producers and they signed a recording deal. But when the album bombed the singer disappeared into obscurity. A bootleg recording found its way into apartheid...

The Music Menu, 51 1 Monroe, 313-964-6368, Plunked down right In the middle
of Detroit's lively Greektown, the ... and basement party-room feel, offers a long,
rotating list of Detroit blues bands that you will simply not hear anywhere else.

It s one of the lost classics of the 60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour and inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion, and, of course, jumpers, coke, sweet mary jane . The album is Cold Fact, and what s more intriguing is that its maker a shadowy figure known as Rodriguez was, for many years, lost too. A decade ago, he was rediscove...

On the one hand we have the relationship between musicians and their
audiences, while on the other hand we have the wider context of race relations.
How have ... Classic blues was found at the Koppin Theatre, and there were a
number of country blues artists in Detroit as well. ... Appendix A List off Interviews
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS in the 205 The Social History of Detroit Jazz: A
Summary.

The Blues in Canada Black musicians intimately involved with the blues include
Big Miller (1922–92), who came to Edmonton in ... Bey's highly praised show
Indigo: A History of the Blues was presented in Toronto in 1982, toured across
Canada, and two ... Limestone City Blues Festival in Kingston, Bluesfest
International Windsor/Detroit, and Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival in British
Columbia. For an extensive list of Canadian blues artists, see www.
torontobluessociety.com.

the island park features the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, which traces the
maritime history of Detroit and the Great Lakes in several rooms of dis— ...
nothing like spending an evening in night clubs listening to local jazz and blues
that have always been the foundation of the Detroit music scene. A list of clubs
with the type of music they feature can be found in Metro Times, a free
entertainment newspaper.

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